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Evo, Brasier, Barnes, and The King. Those four are the big guns with Poyner hopefully getting a shot. Bobby hasn’t amassed a lot of innings but he throws strikes and has looked good in a small sample size. Plus, it isn’t like Kelly/Hembree/Workman have run away with anything and I’d like to have a lefty in the pen.
 

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Serious question: is there even one pitcher to trust to get the ball to Kimbrel in a close game? Everyone that Cora tries fails.
Even though I doubted his effectiveness in the other thread, so far I’d have to say Wright seems to be doing the best job. Still scares the shit out of me, especially with a man on third.
 

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If he gave it up to Judge, or Stanton or Didi, it would have been oh well, good hitter got him. But Neil Walker? Yeah, he’s a major leaguer with a bat and all that, but it drops my confidence in Brasier.
The worst hitters sometimes swing blindly into the best pitcher's best pitch and connect for a home run. This isn't quite that... but I'm chalking it up to that. I still have Brasier as my 8th inning guy at this point.... but it could be Wright or Barnes if he can get healthy and do what he did for most of the season
 

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The worst hitters sometimes swing blindly into the best pitcher's best pitch and connect for a home run. This isn't quite that... but I'm chalking it up to that. I still have Brasier as my 8th inning guy at this point.... but it could be Wright or Barnes if he can get healthy and do what he did for most of the season
He hung the slider. Shit happens. Houstons pen crapped out the other day. Betances did against Toronto.
Two things stand out for me. Brasier didnt become unglued after the HR. (and threw a couple of good sliders.) And Wright stays aggresive when he puts runners on. I think both will be good enough.
 

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The HR didn't bother me so much (well, yes it did actually). It was that Brasier had, as Eck put it, no feel for his curve/slider, and had just thrown a dynamic two-seamer on the inside corner that froze Walker. Why on earth come back with a pitch that he didn't have a feel for? Throw another two-seamer or bring the 97 mph heat.

I think Brasier is a must in the playoffs. Brasier, Barnes, Kimbrel, Wright, Eovaldi are probably IN. But I could totally see any of these guys getting lit up in the playoffs. Easy. I could also see them putting up good numbers too. It's just a huge wild card, really. It makes me crazy to watch these guys - Barnes, Workman, Wright, Kelly, Kimbrel - come in and walk guys.

Sale, Price, Porcello, EdRo are the starters, I'm 99% positive, probably in that order. Still 2-3 slots in the bullpen to figure out.
 

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Brasier gave up his second home run of the season tonight. It happens. Let's not bury him just yet after how good he's been.
It's not only last night with Brasier. He came in against Houston on 9/7 to relieve David Price up 2-0 with 1st and 2nd and 1 out. He then proceeded to give up an RBI double to Tyler White and a batter later gave up a 2 run double to Tony Kemp to put Houston up 3-2. Last night and that appearance against Houston are the exact situations that Brasier will face in the postseason against those type of teams and he failed in both.

Frankly, at this point the only thing we can hope for from this bullpen is to have a couple bridge guys find lightning in a bottle like Craig Breslow and Tazawa did in 2013.
 

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The HR didn't bother me so much (well, yes it did actually). It was that Brasier had, as Eck put it, no feel for his curve/slider, and had just thrown a dynamic two-seamer on the inside corner that froze Walker. Why on earth come back with a pitch that he didn't have a feel for? Throw another two-seamer or bring the 97 mph heat.

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Perhaps he learned something. Not necessarily a bad thing.
 

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It's not only last night with Brasier. He came in against Houston on 9/7 to relieve David Price up 2-0 with 1st and 2nd and 1 out. He then proceeded to give up an RBI double to Tyler White and a batter later gave up a 2 run double to Tony Kemp to put Houston up 3-2. Last night and that appearance against Houston are the exact situations that Brasier will face in the postseason against those type of teams and he failed in both.
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And in Game 3 of that series, he came in and struck out George Springer with runners on 2nd a 3rd and 2 outs in a tie game.
 

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Frankly, at this point the only thing we can hope for from this bullpen is to have a couple bridge guys find lightning in a bottle like Craig Breslow and Tazawa did in 2013.
Which is generally how every bullpen works in October. I very much doubt that any of us here expected Workman and Doubront to be so clutch in 2013, but they were (combined 11 appearances, 15.2 innings, one run allowed).

Someone among Brasier, Workman, Eovaldi, Wright, Barnes, Kelly, Hembree, and Poyner is going to be a rock throughout October. It's just a matter of making sure whoever it is is on the roster and getting opportunities.
 

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I’m pretty confident that after the first hanging curveball that Leon doesn’t put the curveball sign down again to Walker.
So because one curve gets hung, that means the pitcher is incapable of throwing a good one the next time? Not saying that pitch selection wasn't to blame in this case, but I don't think because one pitch misfired once, it is going to be abandoned for the duration of the AB or the inning or the game.
 

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I think the best chance is having starters go long in the playoffs. The habit of throwing 20 pitches in the first has to stop. Put another way, if a given day's starter can barely make it through the 5th, the team has a lot more to worry about in that game than the pen.

All the starters (except maybe Rodriguez) have the stuff and brains to get through the 7th or more - so the question: is a tiring but still competitive Porcello (for example) facing the lineup for a third time in the 6th worse than Kelly or others facing them the 1st time? In the regular season you don't roll that way, but this team may have to bank on a different approach in October.

Relievers can always go full Embree in the postseason, but the current walk-heavy crew doesn't seem to engender much confidence. Maybe Eovaldi and Wright change the equation, who knows.
 

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I think the best chance is having starters go long in the playoffs. The habit of throwing 20 pitches in the first has to stop. Put another way, if a given day's starter can barely make it through the 5th, the team has a lot more to worry about in that game than the pen.

All the starters (except maybe Rodriguez) have the stuff and brains to get through the 7th or more - so the question: is a tiring but still competitive Porcello (for example) facing the lineup for a third time in the 6th worse than Kelly or others facing them the 1st time? In the regular season you don't roll that way, but this team may have to bank on a different approach in October.

Relievers can always go full Embree in the postseason, but the current walk-heavy crew doesn't seem to engender much confidence. Maybe Eovaldi and Wright change the equation, who knows.

Is EdRod dumb or something? He definitely has the stuff. I'm not sure brains and stuff have much to do with endurance and health.
 

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Relievers can always go full Embree in the postseason, but the current walk-heavy crew doesn't seem to engender much confidence. Maybe Eovaldi and Wright change the equation, who knows.
Has Cora provided any plan on what he will do with Eovaldi? It seems clear to me that he will not be a starter in the playoffs. With less than 2 weeks left in the season, I would really like to see Eovaldi pitch the 7th or 8th in a tight game a couple times, and work back to back days at least once. They need to figure out what they have with him before the playoffs start.
 

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Some of you have brought up something that I’ve felt for awhile. I feel that Our catchers call far too many breaking balls for these relievers. All of them. Even Kimbrel. I mean the other night Workman comes in and cleans up Kelly’s mess by blowing a guy away with fastballs. And then last night he comes in against Hicks and The first three pitches are breaking pitches, then a fastball strike, then ball 4 on a breaking pitch. Are we that afraid of Hicks? Brasier has a great fastball, but Neil Walker gets a breaking pitch on both 2-1 and 3-2. I don’t think he can hit a 98 mile fastball out, but anyone can hit out a bad slider. I think every reliever on the Sox, every one, has a much better fastball than breaking pitch, mainly because so few of them can control it. I thought the 3-2 breaking pitch call to Neil Walker of all people was idiotic.
 

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Is EdRod dumb or something? He definitely has the stuff. I'm not sure brains and stuff have much to do with endurance and health.
Sorry -

"Stuff" - Rodriguez has been throwing a lot of pitches - working backwards (IP / Pitches)

6 / 78
3.1 / 78
5.2 / 90

DL

5.1 / 67
5.2 / 105
6 / 84
6 / 95
4 / 86
6 / 113
5.2 / 109
5.2 / 107

"Brains" - Bad choice of word...should have used "guile". More experienced pitchers may have a chance to work their way through tough patches (say in later innings) by using guile instead of stuff so that hitters seeing them for the 3rd or 4th time can still be fooled. Absolutely not a comment on his intelligence, just speculation about his experience.
 

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What is the story with Barnes, can the Sox realistically count on him when he can't pitch 2 weeks before the playoffs? Not that Cora necessarily had to put him in last night, but he's going to be rusty at best the way things are going.

The big thing with any of these guys is the walks, especially against the Yanks who don't manufacture that many runs outside of the dingers...which with guys they put on kill you.
 

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Some of you have brought up something that I’ve felt for awhile. I feel that Our catchers call far too many breaking balls for these relievers. All of them. Even Kimbrel. I mean the other night Workman comes in and cleans up Kelly’s mess by blowing a guy away with fastballs. And then last night he comes in against Hicks and The first three pitches are breaking pitches, then a fastball strike, then ball 4 on a breaking pitch. Are we that afraid of Hicks? Brasier has a great fastball, but Neil Walker gets a breaking pitch on both 2-1 and 3-2. I don’t think he can hit a 98 mile fastball out, but anyone can hit out a bad slider. I think every reliever on the Sox, every one, has a much better fastball than breaking pitch, mainly because so few of them can control it. I thought the 3-2 breaking pitch call to Neil Walker of all people was idiotic.
OTOH--It was widely reported that both Kelly's success (temporary thought it may turn out to be) and Eovaldi's were both related to throwing more off-speed stuff.
And if the pitcher's fastball lacks movement or the delivery lacks deception, nearly every MLB hitter can hit it, no matter the speed. Hitters' timing has to be messed with for almost every pitcher.

What is the story with Barnes, can the Sox realistically count on him when he can't pitch 2 weeks before the playoffs? Not that Cora necessarily had to put him in last night, but he's going to be rusty at best the way things are going.
I would hope that 4-5 appearances or so should shake the rust. 2 of those will be back to back, so there's still time. But I'd like to see it actually happen.
 

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A little ERA data from Abraham this morning.

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Bullpen ERA since the All-Star break for the expected AL playoff teams
Oakland 3.07
Houston 3.43
Cleveland 3.43
Boston 4.00
New York 4.21

Since Aug. 1
Houston 2.62
Oakland 3.24
Cleveland 3.58
Boston 4.02
New York 4.04
 

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Bullpen comparison during the Yanks/Sox series we just went through:

Bos: 10.0 ip, 10 h, 8 r, 8 er, 2 bb, 9 k, 7.20 era, 1.00 whip, 8.1 k/9

NY: 10.0 ip, 8 h, 7 r, 5 er, 6 bb, 11 k, 4.50 era, 1.40 whip, 9.9 k/9

I mean NY's pen was marginally better but neither covered itself in glory the past three days.
 

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I know this is the 2018 thread, but the Globe is reporting Austin Maddox had rotator cuff surgery this week and will also miss 2019
Yes, I heard this on the radio yesterday, not good news for him or the team. Hopes that Maddox and Workman could get straightened out in time for the playoffs have faded.
 

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Plus, it isn’t like Kelly/Hembree/Workman have run away with anything and I’d like to have a lefty in the pen.
Kelly seems to be having his luck average out over the season. He walks far too many batters to have continued the success he had in the early half of the season. Hembree, I don't know whats going on. He might just be gassed.
 

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Kelly seems to be having his luck average out over the season. He walks far too many batters to have continued the success he had in the early half of the season. Hembree, I don't know whats going on. He might just be gassed.
Hembree is either hurt or out of gas. I thought his early success vs LHBs was a mirage, but expected his success vs RHBs to continue.
 

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Steven Wright's career #s in Yankee stadium.

5 wins in 5 appearances, 3 starts, and 2 in relief.

IP 31
H 17
ER 7
BB 7
SO 23

ERA 2.03
 

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WIll Cora test drive Scott a bit before the regular season ends?
I dont think he's currently in Cora's mix. But he might pitch and might impress. I think Cora has been pretty explicit in his praise for Poyner, so if he takes a LHP to have a LHP, it'l be him.
 

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Per Fangraphs, for the second half, the following relievers have all performed worse than Drew Pomeranz (+0.1 WAR in 20 relief innings):

Matt Barnes (0.0)
William Cuevas (-0.1)*
Brian Johnson (-0.1)*
Robby Scott (-.0.2 in only 1 2/3 innings!)
Heath Hembree (-0.4)
Tyler Thornburg (-0.4)
Brandon Workman (-0.4)

*excludes performance as a starter (roughly replacement-level)

Except for Barnes (assuming his performance issues were injury-related), I don't think we want to see any of these guys on a playoff roster.
 

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Sorry -

"Stuff" - Rodriguez has been throwing a lot of pitches - working backwards (IP / Pitches)

6 / 78
3.1 / 78
5.2 / 90

DL

5.1 / 67
5.2 / 105
6 / 84
6 / 95
4 / 86
6 / 113
5.2 / 109
5.2 / 107

"Brains" - Bad choice of word...should have used "guile". More experienced pitchers may have a chance to work their way through tough patches (say in later innings) by using guile instead of stuff so that hitters seeing them for the 3rd or 4th time can still be fooled. Absolutely not a comment on his intelligence, just speculation about his experience.
Why are you attributing this to psychological factors? [I won't even respond to that bullshit from Bosox79 about Edro being "dumb."] He's coming off an injury to his legs, again. He's throwing hard and is just off his spots. The difference is pretty razor thin in terms of some movement in his mechanics or leg strength or whatever. If he could pound strikes like he was all season until getting hurt, particularly with the fastball, he would, but instead he's missing and relying on stuff that doesn't generate swings and misses. His previous high for walks was 3, with far more games of one or two walks. Great command before injury, bad command after. I really don't think this is psychological, unless he lost confidence because of the injury, i.e. he doesn't trust his legs.
 

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I think the three guys who I would really, really rather not see are Kelly, Hembree and Pomeranz. They're all veterans who've been with the team for a while, and it might be tricky clubhouse-wise to keep them all off, but they're all pitching like crap down the stretch and I really don't want to see any of them in a playoff game.

Brasier clearly belongs, even if he's faltered slightly this month.

I think Poyner has earned a spot, and so has Eovaldi. I think Eovaldi's stuff has the potential to work nicely in Kelly's former 7th-8th role.

I think if Barnes is healthy, he's in. I know he's scary as hell sometimes but when he's good, he's really good. I wouldn't use him in as high-leverage spots as earlier in the year, though; Brasier has taken that slot.

I think Wright needs to be there because he offers something unique and sometimes useful, though I'd hope to use him as little as possible.

That's six. If we're going with a seven-man pen, that leaves one spot for an early-middle guy. I think it's a tossup between Velazquez and Workman. I would literally flip a coin between those two, but if you put a gun to my head and made me choose, I'd take Velazquez.

So:

Kimbrel -- closer
Brasier -- 8
Eovaldi -- 7/8
Barnes -- 6/7
Poyner -- 6/7/8 lefty specialist (but not LOOGY)
Velazquez -- 5/6
Wright -- starter-shits-the-bed
 

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Why are you attributing this to psychological factors? [I won't even respond to that bullshit about him being "dumb."] He's coming off an injury to his legs, again. He's throwing hard and is just off his spots. The difference is pretty razor thin in terms of some movement in his mechanics or leg strength or whatever. If he could pound strikes like he was all season until getting hurt, he would. His previous high for walks was 3, with far more games of one or two walks. Great command before injury, bad command after. I really don't think this is psychological, unless he lost confidence because of the injury, i.e. he doesn't trust his legs.
I thought his inside pitches last night showed that it was anything but his mindset. He was following the plan and just missing.
 

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I think the three guys who I would really, really rather not see are Kelly, Hembree and Pomeranz. They're all veterans who've been with the team for a while, and it might be tricky clubhouse-wise to keep them all off, but they're all pitching like crap down the stretch and I really don't want to see any of them in a playoff game.

Brasier clearly belongs, even if he's faltered slightly this month.

I think Poyner has earned a spot, and so has Eovaldi. I think Eovaldi's stuff has the potential to work nicely in Kelly's former 7th-8th role.

I think if Barnes is healthy, he's in. I know he's scary as hell sometimes but when he's good, he's really good. I wouldn't use him in as high-leverage spots as earlier in the year, though; Brasier has taken that slot.

I think Wright needs to be there because he offers something unique and sometimes useful, though I'd hope to use him as little as possible.

That's six. If we're going with a seven-man pen, that leaves one spot for an early-middle guy. I think it's a tossup between Velazquez and Workman. I would literally flip a coin between those two, but if you put a gun to my head and made me choose, I'd take Velazquez.

So:

Kimbrel -- closer
Brasier -- 8
Eovaldi -- 7/8
Barnes -- 6/7
Poyner -- 6/7/8 lefty specialist (but not LOOGY)
Velazquez -- 5/6
Wright -- starter-shits-the-bed
I think Wright has a far more prominent role than that. And I think Workman gets that slot over Velasquez if only due to having postseason experience, but this is mostly accurate.
 

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The YES guys were talking about the Yankees bringing David Robertson in any situation from the 4th on to get out of a jam. Does anyone think the Red Sox could do that with a healthy Barnes? You could have Brasier and Eovaldo available for the later innings to try to bridge to Kimbrel.
 

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The YES guys were talking about the Yankees bringing David Robertson in any situation from the 4th on to get out of a jam. Does anyone think the Red Sox could do that with a healthy Barnes? You could have Brasier and Eovaldo available for the later innings to try to bridge to Kimbrel.
Seems like that is Hembree's role
 

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Why are you attributing this to psychological factors? [I won't even respond to that bullshit from Bosox79 about Edro being "dumb."] He's coming off an injury to his legs, again. He's throwing hard and is just off his spots. The difference is pretty razor thin in terms of some movement in his mechanics or leg strength or whatever. If he could pound strikes like he was all season until getting hurt, particularly with the fastball, he would, but instead he's missing and relying on stuff that doesn't generate swings and misses. His previous high for walks was 3, with far more games of one or two walks. Great command before injury, bad command after. I really don't think this is psychological, unless he lost confidence because of the injury, i.e. he doesn't trust his legs.

You should probably reread my post, because I was questioning someone else who said he didn't have the brains.
 

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Seems like that is Hembree's role
If Hembree wasn't stuck in a bad rut, it would be without question.

And I'd like to pump the brakes on "Eovaldi the late-ish ining reliever" until he comes into game in a late-ish ining, like Wright already has on several occasions.
 

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If Hembree wasn't stuck in a bad rut, it would be without question.

And I'd like to pump the brakes on "Eovaldi the late-ish ining reliever" until he comes into game in a late-ish ining, like Wright already has on several occasions.
Yeah presumably starters in the pen need a bit more routine around their coming into a game than a trained short reliever would. So he has a good 10 minutes (e.g. plan on getting warm for the 6th) to get going. Eovaldi having some RP experience helps, maybe he can get comfortable more quickly, but I wouldn't push too hard on that.
 

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I'm glad that Cora has 9 games to see guys in a variety of situations.

Here's to him seeing a good amount of Evoldi, Workman, Poyner and Barnes, if healthy. All of them strike me as possible useful pieces in the pen.

In a world where I didn't learn much between now and the end of the season (in other words, fantasy world), the four guys I would most want Cora to use in winnable games (and yes, they are all winnable on some level) would be Wright, ERod, Brasier and Kimbrel.

I pause on ERod for obvious reasons but I am assuming that last night was an aberration and that there is no reason why he can't pitch well out of the pen.

But any of the four I mentioned above could also break into that mix.

I'm surprised Savin left Wright out. He's been effective since he's been in the pen, and that's even excluding last night's co-MVP performance. I'm guessing it's some kind of post-Wake 04 syndrome but that Wright is a knuckleballer doesn't phase me. If he can get guys out, roll him out there.

I'm not sure what to do with Velazquez. He's been mostly good in a variety of roles, but I struggle to believe in him.

Keeping Johnson, Hembree, Kelly and Pom out is going to be rough, though least of all with Drew, as he's sucked in all roles all season.

As rough as this pen has been, I think Playoff Cora should have what he needs to stitch it together.
 

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I think Wright has a far more prominent role than that. And I think Workman gets that slot over Velasquez if only due to having postseason experience, but this is mostly accurate.
I don't think Velasquez sniffs the roster. Because he isn't very good.
And I still won't be surprised if Kelly gets that spot.
 

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I think the three guys who I would really, really rather not see are Kelly, Hembree and Pomeranz. They're all veterans who've been with the team for a while, and it might be tricky clubhouse-wise to keep them all off, but they're all pitching like crap down the stretch and I really don't want to see any of them in a playoff game.

Brasier clearly belongs, even if he's faltered slightly this month.

I think Poyner has earned a spot, and so has Eovaldi. I think Eovaldi's stuff has the potential to work nicely in Kelly's former 7th-8th role.

I think if Barnes is healthy, he's in. I know he's scary as hell sometimes but when he's good, he's really good. I wouldn't use him in as high-leverage spots as earlier in the year, though; Brasier has taken that slot.

I think Wright needs to be there because he offers something unique and sometimes useful, though I'd hope to use him as little as possible.

That's six. If we're going with a seven-man pen, that leaves one spot for an early-middle guy. I think it's a tossup between Velazquez and Workman. I would literally flip a coin between those two, but if you put a gun to my head and made me choose, I'd take Velazquez.

So:

Kimbrel -- closer
Brasier -- 8
Eovaldi -- 7/8
Barnes -- 6/7
Poyner -- 6/7/8 lefty specialist (but not LOOGY)
Velazquez -- 5/6
Wright -- starter-shits-the-bed
not quite sure why the lack of confidence in Wright? As posted above, he has pitched well and is death to the MFY. Moreover, in the seven games he pitched since retuning from the injury (basically the month of September) his games lines are:

ATL - 1 IP, 1 H, 0 K, 0 BB 0 ER
ATL - 1 IP, 1 H, 1 K, 1 BB, 0 ER
HOU - 2 IP, 2 H, 0 K, 1 BB, 0 ER
TOR - 1 IP, 1 H, 1 K, 1 BB, 0 ER
NYM - 1 IP, 0 H,1 K, 2 BB, 0 ER
NYM - 1 IP, 0 H, 2 K, 1 BB, 0 ER
MFY - 3 IP, 1 H, 1 K, 0 B, 0 ER

So, 10 inning, 6 hits, 6 K, 6 BB, 0 earned runs. ERA since his return is 0.00. ERA for the season in total is 2.70.
 

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not quite sure why the lack of confidence in Wright? As posted above, he has pitched well and is death to the MFY. Moreover, in the seven games he pitched since retuning from the injury (basically the month of September) his games lines are:

ATL - 1 IP, 1 H, 0 K, 0 BB 0 ER
ATL - 1 IP, 1 H, 1 K, 1 BB, 0 ER
HOU - 2 IP, 2 H, 0 K, 1 BB, 0 ER
TOR - 1 IP, 1 H, 1 K, 1 BB, 0 ER
NYM - 1 IP, 0 H,1 K, 2 BB, 0 ER
NYM - 1 IP, 0 H, 2 K, 1 BB, 0 ER
MFY - 3 IP, 1 H, 1 K, 0 B, 0 ER

So, 10 inning, 6 hits, 6 K, 6 BB, 0 earned runs. ERA since his return is 0.00. ERA for the season in total is 2.70.
Yesterday was the first time he had a clean inning. He walks too many guys and we know about the knuckleball and WP/PBs. He's going to be a factor, but Cora really needs to figure out how best to use him. And God forbid it's wet or humid or cold or windy. Knuckleball pitchers are complicated.
 

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I don't think Velasquez sniffs the roster. Because he isn't very good.
And I still won't be surprised if Kelly gets that spot.
Agree on Velazquez. And Kelly, unlike, say, Pomeranz, will be given a chance to pitch himself onto the roster.

Yesterday was the first time he had a clean inning. He walks too many guys and we know about the knuckleball and WP/PBs. He's going to be a factor, but Cora really needs to figure out how best to use him. And God forbid it's wet or humid or cold or windy. Knuckleball pitchers are complicated.
He is walking people (1 more per 9 than career average). But he's giving up fewer hits, so his WHIP is about at his career norm. If one regresses without the other, of course, its a problem.
Cora has expressed how nervous Wright makes him. But he also sees the results. Between Barnes's injury and Kelly and Hembree's ineffectiveness, Cora's had almost no choice but to plug him into a bunch of different roles. And he's succeeded every time.
 

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Aren't walk rate more predictable than hit rates? They are definitely more in the pitchers control. Has Joe Kelly been giving up fewer hits because of talent or luck?